Michael I. Berlin -- Executive Producer

Michael I. Berlin, BA, Ph.D., is a screenwriter and playwright.

Dr. Berlin has written, produced, or consulted on more than one hundred and fifty television episodes, for series ranging from “Miami Vice, ” “McGuyver,” “Hunter,” “Cagney and Lacey” and “Wolf” to “Spielberg’s Earth 2”, “Sisters,” “Murder, She Wrote,” “Diagnosis: Murder,” “The Commish,” “Pointman,” Beauty & The Beast,” “The Exile” “Earth: Final Conflict,” “The Outer Limits” and many others. He has written animated series, “Bruno the Kid,” produced “House Calls,” a reality series and created pilots for CBS, “Vice Girls” and ABC “Lorne and Max.” “The Outer Limits” which he worked on won the Cable Ace Award as best Dramatic Show on Cable in its first year on the air. His (MOWs) include “Mafia Vendetta” purchased by CBS, “Escape from Wildcat Canyon” which he rewrote for Showtime and “Night Visions” purchased by Fox TV and Disney. His feature films include “Anguish” winner of six European Film Awards, “Breaking Point” for Paramount and Republic Pictures and the "Robo-Warrior” series for Paramount Pictures. He has worked as a script doctor for Paramount, Fox, Imagine Entertainment and Hearst Entertainment.

Dr. Berlin co-wrote the book and the lyrics for a theatrical musical, “Boulevard of Dreams” with Patti LaBelle attached to star. He recently sold his script “In My Father’s House,” a true story to Blackfire Films and he is attached to Executive Produce the film project. He was formerly the film Curator at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, has consulted with The Newport Beach Film Festival, The Orange County Museum of Art, and The Orange County Performing Arts Center and is the founder of The Jewish Film Festival of Orange County now entering its 15th year. He won the Distinguished Professor Award in 2005 for his class at UC Irvine’s Extension, “Sneak Previews with Michael Berlin”.

Dr. Berlin is an active member of the Writers Guild of America since 1985, serving on the Credits Committee and as a reader for the Emmy Award considerations.

Some of Dr. Berlin’s accomplishments include serving as Director of NYC’s Death & Dying Resource Team. He was the staff therapist for the 400 bed Skilled Nursing Facility and Health Related Facility. He also worked on the original research for the first Hospice Program in the United States, located in the Bronx, New York.

Dr. Berlin was a Phi Delta Kappa from Columbia University where he took graduate courses in a shared program with Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf Graduate School, where he received his Ph.D. in 1974.  He was the Dean of Academic Affairs at The College for Developmental Studies in Los Angeles. He has taught at N.Y.U., Ramapo College, Montclair State College, U.C.L.A. Extension and Mills College of Education.

In addition to film writing and producing, Dr. Berlin currently teaches Media Writing, Short Script and Advanced Screenwriting, Adaptation, Diverse Media: Writing and Production, Television Program Symposium, American Film Genres and Film & Culture at California State University, Long Beach.

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